WS 16

Question 1

Embellish
To beautify by adding decorative details or features

Answer 1

S: adorn, embroider, overstate
A: decrease, harm , reduce

Question 2

Embezzle
To appropriate fraudulently to one’s own use, such as money or property.

The thieves embezzled a large amount of money

Answer 2

S: steal, filch, loot, appropriate
A: give, receive

Question 3

Empathetic
Mary is empathetic to the situation of the victims of the disaster

Answer 3

S: understanding, compassionate
A: indifferent, merciless

Question 4

Encrypt
Make sure your files are encrypted before transferring them

Answer 4

S: encode, encipher
A: decipher, decode

Question 5

Endorse
This bakery must be good for it to be endorsed by a celebrity

Answer 5

S: support, authorise, approve
A: attack, censure, criticize

Question 6

Enduring
To be lasting or permanent

His work has an enduring effect in people which makes him memorable,

Answer 6

S: lasting, abiding, permanent
A: temporary

Question 7

Engender
To produce, cause, or give rise to

The restaurant is giving away free dessert to engender interest from the public.

Answer 7

S: cause, arouse, beget
A: calm, destroy, discourage

Question 8

Engulfed
To plunge or immerse

The disastrous tsunami engulfed many villages and towns.

Answer 8

S: absorbed, buried, consumed
A: dried, neglected

Question 9

Enmity
A feeling or condition of hostility

Answer 9

S: hatred, animosity, alienation
A: approval, friendliness, friendship

Question 10

Ensuing
An event that happens after something else

Answer 10

S: resultant, coming, consequent
A: antecedent, preceding

Question 11

Enthralling

Holding one’s attention completely

Answer 11

S: absorbing, captivating, fascinating
A: boring, repulsive, uninteresting

Question 12

Enthusiastic

He is very enthusiastic about his new job

Answer 12

S: interested, excited, eager
A: apathetic, cold, disinterested